(photo courtesy of nicros.com)
“Although your fingers and toes are your primary link to the rock, it’s the larger muscles of your arms, legs, and torso that facilitate most of the upward movement in climbing. Of course, lack of leg strength is rarely, if ever, a limiting constraint on the rock—it’s the large pull muscles of the upper body that are most likely to fail you. Therefore, developing more upper-body strength, power, and endurance must be central to every training-for-climbing program.” -Eric Hörst
This article from nicros.com talks about 5 exercises recommended for improving strength and endurance in your pulling muscles.
The pulling exercises recommended are:
(1.) Pull-Ups
(2.) Weighted Pull-Ups (and pull downs)
(3.) Uneven-Grip Pull-Ups
(4.) Pull-Up Intervals
(5.) “the Frenchy”
Read the full article to learn how to properly perform each pulling exercise and the specific intent behind each one. Hopefully you’ll find a helpful, new way to improve your upper body strength and as a result be able to pull harder….
CLICK HERE: Top 5 Pulling Exercises for Climbers
